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Ideally people will engage the points in the first post instead of devolving into screeds against uniforms or the[b] unquantified [/b]value of fitting in.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy[/quote]

OP here. There does not exist a robust theory of decisionmaking that can adequately take into account that which cannot be quantified, measured or even perceived. You are suggesting we make decisions based upon "feelings and perceptions" (don't take these words literally). While that's well-and-good, it sounds an awful lot like simply finding items to include that justify a preordained decision. (I honestly believe that this is what most people do -- myself included at times, but that doesn't mean it is how things should be. It is purely ad hoc.)

The theory implied by your post(s) is observationally equivalent to a person doing whatever he wanted to do in the first place. Data be damned. There is no updating and posterior beliefs match prior beliefs regardless of what is observed in the interim. I don't think this is what you actually want. [/quote]

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